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It's almost as if the massive piece of machinery might have actually broken and isn't actually fixable prior to the end of the season... But who lets logic get in the way of some moaning?

IMAScore have announced they're involved... At least the music will be good...

Some dusktime photos: I'm led to believe that this has actually opened now... Or at least the Teacups have, no idea on the restaurant or show set walkthrough...

I've been more surprised that some people here don't know who he is? Like, he's a reasonably big enough name to essentially host a ride... Especially when his show is on NBC... And that's a cheaper way to get the rights... When you own them yourself...

And Space Mountain's second phase of the refurb... For all of the burden it will cause, sure it will be worth it, BTM's been BEGGING for work to be done to it for years...

Robocoaster cars I believe was reported to be about... I don't think the building is big enough either to create suitable sized show scenes and fit the absolute axes of motion available to the cars as well... Put it high in the "unlikely" list... Even I'd say trackless would be more likely... Even if it won't be trackless...

Why can't we have nice things?

I wish we'd get a Neverland or Joravision themed ride one day over here... If only...

Loving playing Merlin bingo in the press release <3 Poor old Thirteen and its Psycoaster tag being forgotten...

Half of that article reads like they're recycling stuff from Thirteen and Smiler PR... Psychological ride to mess with your mind etc... Also you've got the WORLD'S FIRST angle with CUTTING EDGE technology... I hate Merlin's marketing speak being everywhere... So based upon all this stuff, there's BOUND to be a simulator as part of this, and probably some form of interactive walkthrough prior (probably using aspects from Oblivio's queueline or a mirror maze), in order to make it last 13 minutes (assuming that's accurate)... I've no interest in Derren Brown either, gotta love their lack of confidence in not being able to market a ride for being well, a ride...

Why is Smiler closed again? Oh yeah...

Thorpe will never resort to implementing such tactics in their own mazes... Nah, never... Given that part of your argument is something that has nothing to do with the Halloween events themselves, I find it rather flawed to say the least...

Black squares? Merlin's marketing is just so bloody dreadful... Bet the accidental leak has caused a bit of a "quick we better announce it proper" movement...

Least you know how we feel about PMBO... I'm not a fan of this VR stuff, just screams as an easy cop-out for lazy operators to not put any effort into the ride...

It does also have a restaurant and walkthrough thing themed to the Princessia series, so it's not just the Teacups retheme... Benefits of being run by a TV Studio I guess... I love parks who just throw random amounts of money at such things...

GREAT SCOTT!

http://www.altontowers.com/2016 Get.... Hyped?

This is replacing the Viking area, dunno what you mean by the Africa area disappearing... Sure it'll be of good quality, I hope the play area will be suitably Germanic...

When you're starting to pick days that you assume will be quiet (is Thorpe EVER quiet now?), then you're clearly not enjoying the park, otherwise you'd just go whenever you felt like it... You're not the only one sick of repetition here... Especially given that your highlighted issues are rather consistent throughout the year...

That's a fantastic lift hill...

Thorpe's PR team right now:

Have you BEEN on the Northern Line?